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Friday, July 4, 2014

India’s position regarding cyber security and
privacy protection has been exposed due to recent negative
developments that have severely affected the rights of Indian
citizens. It has now become very clear that India is a sitting duck
in both the fields of civil
liberties protections and cyber
security. It has also been well understood by Indian
citizens that privacy
rights in India is not charity but a constitutional right.
As a result it would be next to impossible for the Modi government to
fool Indian citizens anymore in this regard.

Cyber
security in India is an alien concept for Indian
government for long. Even the Modi government is currently not in a
position to tackle the cyber
security challenges of India with its current approach and
policies. Anybody can target India for various forms of cyber attacks
and cyber crimes and India has become a land of no resistance for the
crackers.

Whether it is Congress government or Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) government, none of them have done anything
significant in the directions of ensuring effective cyber security
laws and privacy
laws in India. For instance, the Modi government has done
nothing except summoning of few officials of United States for
blatant violation of privacy
rights of Indians and invading Indian cyberspace.